Re: [libreoffice-website] Insufficient clarity about Java & LO.

FYI. Apple, with the release of 10.7, no longer supports Java.
On Aug 13, 2011 5:35 PM, "Cor Nouws" <oolst@nouenoff.nl> wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> Someone I know from long time ago, asked me also to share the message
below.
> Cor
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> The LibreOffice documentation does not state clearly that Java JRE is
> not included in the LibreOffice download package.
>
> Based on the information in the LibreOffice documentation one can
> assume that Java JRE does not come included with LibreOffice, but,
> oddly, that information is not clearly stated in the LibreOffice
> documentation.
>
> "Getting Started with LibreOffice 3.3" documentation, page 40:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/c/c4/0100GS3-GettingStartedLibO.pdf
> "Java options
> If you install or update a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) after you
> install LibreOffice, or if you have more than one JRE installed on
> your computer, you can use the LibreOffice – Java options page to
> choose the JRE for LibreOffice to use."
>
> That information indicates that with the "Java Options" menu in
> LibreOffice one can choose which of the installed Java JRE versions to
> use with the installed LibreOffice (if one needs and wants to use Java
> JRE, anyhow).
> That information is mainly applicable to a situation with multiple
> Java versions installed. (Which, besides, is unwise, given the fact
> that all older JRE versions have serious vulnerabilities.) But also in
> case of one single installed JRE, that menu offers the opportunity to
> choose whether or not to use JRE with LibreOffice.
>
> To my opinion, the confusion comes with the section "If you install or
> update a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) after you install LibreOffice".
> That can be interpreted as "No JRE is included with LibreOffice, but
> after you install LibreOffice you can still install JRE or update an
> old version of Java, if you need or want to."
> To me that seems to be the most logical interpretation.
> But just as well one could read that section as "After installing
> LibreOffice you are free to install a (newer or other) JRE version or
> to update an older JRE version", without anything said about whether
> or not Java is included with the Libreoffice download.
>
> Therefore, the LibreOffice documentation is insufficiently clear, in
> my opinion.
> It would be much clearer if the LibreOffice documentation would
> explicitly state that Java JRE is not included with the LibreOffice
> download.
> This could be mentioned not only in the LibreOffice documentation
> files, but also at the download page.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>
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